This thing is awesome, but fits in a weird category. Is it an axle? Is it a powerbar? The answer is yes, it’s a friggin power axle! I enjoy “guessing” hand placement when walking up to a normal axle, and this has the ring markings on it, so takes out the guess work for general training purposes. The knurling doesn’t feel as aggressive in the hand due to diameter probably, but still eats shins for breakfast because it’s fully knurled. Mine is in red cerakote and is the sexiest bar in the gym. It’s priced pretty high, but my wife doesn’t know that.

They’re solid, and at 23lb each, heavier than they look. They also have a lot of bounce. The first time I slammed my log down on them, it bounced and rolled off. I’m sure they’ll break in after enough use. It’s nice to setup more comfortably, shouldn’t have waited so long to get these. Thought they were a little pricey for what they are, but got them instead of the pads made for log as a compromise.

It’s a bag you put sand in from smaller, lighter duty bags of sand. You pick it up, lap it, shoulder it, walk around with it, throw it…but we mostly just sit on them. We’ve had them outdoors for a couple years and they’re still going strong with no tears. Have 150-250 lb bags, really are a great way to develop posterior strength and practice strongman events while your neighbors question your sanity.

Great bar, upgraded from a cerakote version. Our gym is outdoors-ish, and I didn’t like the feeling of the finish on that bar. The uncoated feeling is awesome. We’ve had it as a daily driver for a couple years, and has held up great. Knurling is great, can’t compare it to a TPB, maybe one day after we get walls.

Mike Bartos ain’t lying. I’ve PR’d on this platform several times. I move it all over the gym when I feel a PR coming, just to make sure I PR on the PR platform. I can’t imagine PRing anywhere else. Great for working sticking points, speed reps, rack pulls & isometrics. I tend to keep a pair of heavy bands closer to the top to hit traps a little extra, because big traps>abs. The small footprint is a huge bonus to what you can get out of this thing.

There is no worse feeling than buying a glute-ham developer to develop your glute-hams, hop on it, so I can finally have developed glute-hams, and immediate failure. I sat there having a pity party about how I just bought a machine that I’m not strong enough to use. How can I develop my glute-hams enough to be able to use my glute-ham developer? Seriously, it’s a great GHD, assembly was a breeze, it has a cool little blue knob that really ties the room together. I think the slight forward pitch makes it a little harder compared to Rogue’s. It’s also my dog’s favorite piece in our gym. He gets pets at the bottom of every rep, so 5 stars across the board.

It’s a piece of pipe with collars welded on it. It sounds really cool telling people you use an axle to lift with instead of a barbell…until they ask how much it weighs. Has turned into a staple for pressing, rows & deads. It probably gets used every time we are in the gym. You can’t afford not to buy it, unless you own a welder.

This bar and I have a weird relationship. I absolutely love it when I’m not using it. It makes squats and goodmornings suck more, but in a good way. It does what it’s supposed to do, help build your upper back while you squat. If your ego can take the hit of having to go a little lighter, it’s an amazing tool. Wish I would’ve gotten the Elitefts version just to throw Dave Tate some love, but no complaints otherwise.